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verse beg. Iarfaiged nech acaib dam

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas poem which explains the name of the ‘Yew of the Disputing Sons’ (Ibar mac nAngciss) with reference to the cause of the Battle of Mag Mucrama. 35 stanzas.
Cf: Cath Maige Mucrama.
First words (verse)
  • Iarfaiged nech acaib dam
“Let me of you inquire for me”
Author
Ascribed to: Cormac mac Cuilennáin
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
See more
Cormac mac Cuilennáin (d. 908). “There is no reason to take the attribution seriously, for the language betrays a later date” (Dillon).(1)n. 1 Myles Dillon, ‘The Yew of the Disputing Sons’, Ériu 14 (1946): 154.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Sources

Notes

1.
Myles Dillon, ‘The Yew of the Disputing Sons’, Ériu 14 (1946): 154.

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Dillon, Myles, “The Yew of the Disputing Sons”, Ériu 14 (1946): 154–165.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2011, last updated: January 2024
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